1990 San Marino Grand Prix

F1 San Marino 10o Gran Premio di San Marino Italy 13 May 1990 3 16 Imola Circuit 1980-1995 Layout.png Autodromo Enzo e Dino FerrariImola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy Permanent racing facility 3.132 5.040 61 191.034 307.44 Warm, dry, sunny Ayrton Senna Brazil 1968 McLaren-Honda 1:23.220 Alessandro Nannini Italy Benetton-Ford 1:27.156 60 Riccardo Patrese Italy Williams-Renault Gerhard Berger Austria McLaren-Honda Alessandro Nannini Italy Benetton-Ford SMR The 1990 San Marino Grand Prix (formally the 10o Gran Premio di San MarinoMotor Racing Programme Covers: 1990 http://www.progcovers.com/motor/imola900513.jpg The Programme Covers Project 17 February 2018) was a Formula One motor race held on 13 May 1990 at Imola. It was the third race of the 1990 Formula One World Championship and the first race in the European continent. The race was held over 61 laps of the 5.04 km mi on circuit for a race distance of 307.44 km mi. The race was won by Italian driver Riccardo Patrese, driving a Williams-Renault. It was Patrese's third Grand Prix victory, and his first since the 1983 South African Grand Prix. 2025 Patrese holds the record for the longest waiting period between two Grand Prix wins, at 6 years, 6 months and 28 days. The record of most Grands Prix between wins was also broken and would be retained by Patrese until the 2018 United States Grand Prix when Kimi Räikkönen took the record.https://www.statsf1.com/en/statistiques/pilote/victoire/ecart.aspx Statistics Drivers - Wins - Interval between two www.statsf1.com 26 November 2019 Austrian driver Gerhard Berger finished second in a McLaren-Honda, with Patrese's compatriot Alessandro Nannini third in a Benetton-Ford. Background In the run-up to the first European race of the 1990 World Championship, there were a few changes to the grid. Brabham replaced Swiss driver Gregor Foitek with Australian driver David Brabham, the youngest son of team founder Sir Jack Brabham. Foitek moved over to the troubled Onyx team (part-run by his father Karl), replacing Stefan Johansson, who was unhappy at the way the team was being run. David Brabham's older brother Gary had quit the Life team, describing it as "totally disorganised and unprofessional",Walker Murray 1990 Murray Walker's Grand Prix Year Hazleton Publishing 31–38 0-905138-82-1 and had been replaced by Italian veteran Bruno Giacomelli, who had last raced in F1 in 1983. Meanwhile, Emanuele Pirro returned to the Dallara team, having missed the first two races of the season due to hepatitis. Several teams unveiled new cars, with the Tyrrell 019 – designed by Harvey Postlethwaite – drawing much attention as the first F1 car to sport a "high-nose" design with downward-extending supports for the front wing. Qualifying Pre-qualifying report The Friday morning pre-qualifying session took shape very soon into the one-hour session, after both AGS cars dropped out almost immediately. The team had brought their new JH25 car to this race, but Yannick Dalmas was withdrawn due to a hand injury he suffered in a testing accident, and Gabriele Tarquini's car failed on its first lap with a fuel pressure issue. This left seven cars in the session, three of which were uncompetitive. The Larrousse-Lola team also brought a new car to the Grand Prix, the LC90. As at the previous race in Brazil, they finished first and second, with Éric Bernard nearly a second faster than his team-mate Aguri Suzuki. The updated Osella FA1ME of Olivier Grouillard was third fastest, a fraction ahead of Roberto Moreno in the EuroBrun. Apart from the AGS cars, the other runners who failed to pre-qualify included Bertrand Gachot in the Coloni, which, despite revised aerodynamics and a 23 kg weight reduction, was still seven seconds away from Bernard's time. Even slower was Claudio Langes in the other EuroBrun, down in sixth place. At the Life team, Bruno Giacomelli drove the L190 for the first time, having replaced Gary Brabham. A drivebelt failed on the Italian's very slow first lap, and the car did not reappear for the rest of the session. Pre-qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 29 France Éric Bernard Lola-Lamborghini 1:26.475 — 2 30 Japan 1947 Aguri Suzuki Lola-Lamborghini 1:27.344 +0.869 3 14 France Olivier Grouillard Osella-Ford 1:28.155 +1.680 4 33 Brazil 1968 Roberto Moreno EuroBrun-Judd 1:28.178 +1.703 5 31 Belgium Bertrand Gachot Coloni-Subaru 1:33.554 +7.079 6 34 Italy Claudio Langes EuroBrun-Judd 1:34.272 +7.797 7 39 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Life 7:16.212 +5:49.737 8 17 Italy Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford no time — 9 18 France Yannick Dalmas AGS-Ford no time — Qualifying report In practice, Benetton's Alessandro Nannini and Minardi's Pierluigi Martini both crashed heavily, Martini cracking his heel and withdrawing from the race as a result. In the qualifying sessions, the McLarens filled the front row, with Ayrton Senna on pole and team-mate Gerhard Berger alongside him. The two Williams were on the second row with Riccardo Patrese ahead of Thierry Boutsen, while the two Ferraris made up the third row, Nigel Mansell ahead of Alain Prost. The top ten was completed by the Tyrrell of Jean Alesi, the Benettons of Nelson Piquet and Nannini, and the Lotus of Derek Warwick. Qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 27 Brazil 1968 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:24.079 1:23.220 — 2 28 Austria Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 1:24.027 1:23.781 +0.561 3 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 1:24.486 1:24.444 +1.224 4 5 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 1:25.832 1:25.039 +1.819 5 2 UK Nigel Mansell Ferrari 1:25.539 1:25.095 +1.875 6 1 France Alain Prost Ferrari 1:26.080 1:25.179 +1.959 7 4 France Jean Alesi Tyrrell-Ford 1:26.138 1:25.230 +2.010 8 20 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 1:26.316 1:25.761 +2.541 9 19 Italy Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 1:26.889 1:26.042 +2.822 10 11 UK Derek Warwick Lotus-Lamborghini 1:28.055 1:26.682 +3.462 11 12 UK Martin Donnelly Lotus-Lamborghini 1:27.151 1:26.714 +3.494 12 15 Brazil 1968 Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House-Judd 1:29.339 1:26.836 +3.616 13 29 France Éric Bernard Lola-Lamborghini 1:26.988 1:26.838 +3.618 14 8 Italy Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 1:28.763 1:27.008 +3.788 15 30 Japan 1947 Aguri Suzuki Lola-Lamborghini 1:27.211 1:27.068 +3.848 16 26 France Philippe Alliot Ligier-Ford 1:27.533 1:27.214 +3.994 17 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Dallara-Ford 1:27.570 1:27.217 +3.997 18 16 Italy Ivan Capelli Leyton House-Judd 1:29.904 1:27.521 +4.301 19 3 Japan 1947 Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell-Ford 1:27.746 1:27.532 +4.312 20 25 Italy Nicola Larini Ligier-Ford 1:27.642 1:27.564 +4.344 21 21 Italy Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Ford 1:27.849 1:27.613 +4.393 22 14 France Olivier Grouillard Osella-Ford 1:28.590 1:28.009 +4.789 23 35 Switzerland Gregor Foitek Onyx-Ford 1:28.111 1:28.435 +4.891 24 33 Brazil 1968 Roberto Moreno EuroBrun-Judd 1:28.603 1:31.653 +5.383 25 36 Finland JJ Lehto Onyx-Ford 1:28.625 no time +5.405 26 24 Italy Paolo Barilla Minardi-Ford 1:29.566 1:28.667 +5.447 27 10 Italy Alex Caffi Arrows-Ford 1:29.242 1:28.699 +5.479 28 9 Italy Michele Alboreto Arrows-Ford 1:29.615 1:28.797 +5.577 29 7 Australia David Brabham Brabham-Judd 1:31.282 1:28.927 +5.707 WD Withdrawn 23 Italy Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 1:26.466 no time +3.246 Race Race report Pirro, who had qualified 21st, started from the back of the grid after his Dallara stalled at the start of the formation lap. At the start, Senna led away from Berger while Boutsen got ahead of Patrese. At Tamburello, Mansell ran wide and kicked up dust, which caused the Leyton House of Ivan Capelli and the second Tyrrell of Satoru Nakajima to collide with each other, while at Tosa Martin Donnelly spun his Lotus, narrowly avoiding other drivers. Meanwhile, Boutsen got past Berger but was unable to close on Senna. The order remained the same until lap 3 when Senna pulled off with a broken wheel rim, allowing Boutsen to take the lead with Berger close behind. Further back, Alesi collided with Piquet at Tosa; both drivers continued. Boutsen led until his Renault engine blew on lap 17, which left Berger ahead of Patrese and Mansell. The Englishman passed Patrese going into Tosa, much to the delight of the Italian fans. Mansell continued to charge, despite being hit by Andrea de Cesaris while trying to lap him and challenged Berger for the lead. On the run up to Villeneuve, Mansell tried to go around the outside, but Berger pushed Mansell onto the grass, causing Mansell to spin dramatically. The Englishman avoided hitting anything and ended up pointing in the right direction, he continued in second place, however, dirt and debris had entered Mansell's engine, causing it to overheat and blow-up a few laps later. Mansell's demise left Berger ahead of Patrese, who went through into the lead on lap 51. Nannini and Prost battled over third place, with Nannini winning out. Patrese duly won his first race since the 1983 South African Grand Prix, leading home Berger, Nannini, Prost, Piquet, and Alesi. With 98 races between victories, Patrese claimed the record for most starts between wins - a record that would be taken 28 years later by Kimi Räikkönen, who started 113 races between winning the 2013 Australian Grand Prix and the 2018 United States Grand Prix. For Patrese this was also a significant win coming 7 years after he had failed to secure victory in the 1983 San Marino Grand Prix while driving a Brabham-BMW. On that occasion he had passed the Ferrari of Patrick Tambay for the lead 6 laps from the end, only to reliquinsh it less than half a lap later by crashing into the tyre barriers after going off at Acque Minerali. On this occasion after taking the lead he made no such mistake and went on to take just his 3rd Grand Prix win in his then record 195th Grand Prix start. Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 61 1:30:55.478 3 9 2 28 Austria Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 61 + 5.117 2 6 3 19 Italy Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 61 + 6.240 9 4 4 1 France Alain Prost Ferrari 61 + 6.843 6 3 5 20 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 61 + 53.112 8 2 6 4 France Jean Alesi Tyrrell-Ford 60 + 1 lap 7 1 7 11 UK Derek Warwick Lotus-Lamborghini 60 + 1 lap 10 8 12 UK Martin Donnelly Lotus-Lamborghini 60 + 1 lap 11 9 26 France Philippe Alliot Ligier-Ford 60 + 1 lap 16 10 25 Italy Nicola Larini Ligier-Ford 59 + 2 laps 20 11 24 Italy Paolo Barilla Minardi-Ford 59 + 2 laps 26 12 36 Finland JJ Lehto Onyx-Ford 59 + 2 laps 25 13 29 France Éric Bernard Lola-Lamborghini 56 Clutch 13 Ret Retired 14 France Olivier Grouillard Osella-Ford 52 Wheel 22 Ret Retired 2 UK Nigel Mansell Ferrari 38 Engine 5 Ret Retired 35 Switzerland Gregor Foitek Onyx-Ford 35 Engine 23 Ret Retired 8 Italy Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 31 Brakes 14 Ret Retired 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Dallara-Ford 29 Wheel 17 Ret Retired 15 Brazil 1968 Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House-Judd 24 Electrical 12 Ret Retired 5 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 17 Engine 4 Ret Retired 30 Japan 1947 Aguri Suzuki Lola-Lamborghini 17 Clutch 15 Ret Retired 27 Brazil 1968 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 3 Wheel 1 Ret Retired 21 Italy Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Ford 2 Spun off 21 Ret Retired 16 Italy Ivan Capelli Leyton House-Judd 0 Collision 18 Ret Retired 3 Japan 1947 Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell-Ford 0 Collision 19 Ret Retired 33 Brazil 1968 Roberto Moreno EuroBrun-Judd 0 Throttle 24 DNS Did not start 23 Italy Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford Practice accident DNQ Did not qualify 10 Italy Alex Caffi Arrows-Ford DNQ Did not qualify 9 Italy Michele Alboreto Arrows-Ford DNQ Did not qualify 7 Australia David Brabham Brabham-Judd DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 31 Belgium Bertrand Gachot Coloni-Subaru DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 34 Italy Claudio Langes EuroBrun-Judd DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 39 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Life DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 17 Italy Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 18 France Yannick Dalmas AGS-FordSource:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1990/217/ 1990 San Marino Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141221233017/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1990/217/ 21 December 2014 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna 13 2 FRA Alain Prost 12 3 AUT Gerhard Berger 12 4 ITA Riccardo Patrese 9 5 FRA Jean Alesi 7Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1990/saint-marin/championnat.aspx San Marino 1990 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 20 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 GBR McLaren-Honda25 2 GBR Williams-Renault15 3 ITA Ferrari15 4 GBR Benetton-Ford10 5 GBR Tyrrell-Ford8Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References San Marino Grand Prix 1990 1990 Brazilian Grand Prix 1990 Monaco Grand Prix 1989 San Marino Grand Prix 1991 San Marino Grand Prix San Marino Grand Prix Category:San Marino Grand Prix San Marino Grand Prix Category:May 1990 sports events in Italy